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Thanks Jason.

I am really enthused to keep this project rolling along. I am a bit fazed as to what to do next... The front suspension needs to be changed as the left hand side damper is shot but I cannot make up my mind if I should do this for all four corners or just the fronts. I think I will end up doing all.

Also the engine and box are going to come out in the near future. I want to do the bearings in the gearbox and change the turbos - but i'll have to wait until I get the funds to buy the turbos... Pulling the engine will also give me a great opportunity to spray the engine bay and paint all the accessories/ancilliaries back into their lovely orginal unmolested colours.

What do you think about the engine covers? Should I do them the N1 silver in keeping with the car? I am currently leaning towards painting them the lovely red/pinky colour that some of the bnr34's had....

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Always loved the later model silver 32 gtr's. There was a silver 93 I wanted that was awesome when I imported my 89 but was still fetching too much, and with more expensive sevs compliance I went for the 89. I am thinking I might end up with silver from my respray! Dark front lip and dark / black wheels - basically trying to make it look like a 93/4.

Look forward to seeing this one progress :D

Oh - and 34 red for the engine could be the go will look good - I think you need to have some contrast against the silver - if you do the engine I think it will end up too much. Each to their own though it has to be yours!

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OK.

I finally have gotten round to taking some pictures of the car now its back! I need to give it a wash and take it out to a nicer location than my driveway to truly dothe finished result justice though.

One thing I am not overly happy on is the colour of the grill... I want to paint it black - thoughts? Other than that, for a cheap tidy up of the car it has come out well...

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I have to say I love the N1 kit :domokun:

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If you mean the grill in front of the intercooler, then definitely paint it black.

It's looking great other than that.

Yeah thats the one... It was meant to be painted black - but the boss forgot and I wasnt working when he did fab'ed and installed the new grill... I think I will have to pull the bar and paint it... what a pain in the ass

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instead of painting the cooler, you could replace the mesh that was in the bumper, normally people cut that out. Plus painting the cooler normally doesn't help its cooling efficiency.

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A light coat of matte black on the cooler hasn't effected my coolers efficiency, and without the mesh there is more air flow to remove the heat from the I/C.

Just my 2 cents though.

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Thanks for the input guys. I am not worried about the efficiency of the cooler as I plan on upgrading it later down the track when I get into engine mods.

I dont think a grill is going to have a noticeable imapact on air flow - not at the power levels I have now or am looking to achieve, but will stop the bugs getting onto the cooler and I reckon they look good...

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ive had my cooler re-done and from the seat of the pants theres been no difference in performance

Cheers onho - I think there would be a tiny difference, but you're right I dont think you'd be able to tell it at all. At this stage of the game I am not going for outright performance and am not flogging the car so it wouldnt make much of a difference at all...

I have been tossing around the idea of what suspension to get... I have really nice Ohlins adjustable (damper only) in the back and absolute crap shocks in the front. The front left is knocking and is leaking oil so it is deinfately time to upgrade the shocks at the very least... I am trying to find out prices for a set of Ohlins for the front (but am slightly scared of what price they'll come out to be), or am thinking that I will sell the Ohlins in the back and get some BC's. THoughtS?

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I love this car.

Have you experienced any issues with oil pump failure etc yet? I'm under the assumption that you're probably driving it quite sedately but still give it a boot every once and a while.

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Cheers Hylian!

No issues with oil pump failures yet... My understanding is they only shit themselves when given high revs with big power - and at any rate this is the 94 model which means it has the better crank (same engine as R33 and r34)... I drive it on the highway a lot which means I dont flog it apart from getting it up to speed... I need to do suspension and turbo's before beating it too hard...

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nice looking car ay, my recomends is to buy r34 gtr wheels for ur gtr, they look tuff on r32's, im looking at buyin a pair for my gtr very soon. good luck with it all ill keep it touch with this one.

also quick question, ur blue lights in the dash did u install them by urself??

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Yeah mate the r34 rims do look sex on bnr32s... The more I develop the car the more I like the thought of using as much genuine nissan parts - making the bnr32 what into an ultimate NISSAN special.

Yep, my dash lights are sexy as blue and yes I installed them myself... Not to hard if your willing to get into it and have a go!

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if u dont want the r34 wheels go the bbs rims that came out on the v-spec model :P

whats ur next upgrade to your car? my car is fairly stock itself, only changed the airfilter box to apexi power intake kit, changed all the heater hoses, and car already came with aftermarket dump pipes and hks drager exhaust, love the zaust so quiet.

next week i should be purchasing a new alloy radiator from justjap and prob cooling plates

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There are a couple of things I need to do to the car... My turbo seals are rooted and shooting oil into the exhaust so I plan on upgrading the suckers within the next couple of months.... Just gathering parts for it now... To do that I plan on pulling the engine and gearbox which will allow me to clean the engine bay (possibly paint it as well), paint the engine covers, tidy up all the ancilliaries and importantly change the input shaft bearing in the gearbox as it is gettting a bit noisy...

Then I will do the suspension - thinking either Teins or the BC gear - heard good reports about the BC gear... Do the brakes and most likely last on the list will be the wheels... I know they may the car look porn but I want reliable fun first and foremost.

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yeh i know what you mean, sounds good on what your planning.

hopefully by xmas i should have a pair of HKS GTR'S to put in running 800cc sard injectors with maybe sard fuel rail or hks with bosch fuel pump, and few other things aswel.

i seen your engine bay, from my eye sight is that white inside the engine bay?? or silver? like the n1 bonnet lip too looks tuff from the front

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Shame to hear about the turbos!

A set of dash7's and you're back in business. They will leave you some headroom if you want more power in the future and hey we all want more power eventually :P

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